Abigail
Abigail is ranked 32nd among girls in 2024 (5,499 births). Its best rank was 4th, in 2005.
- Rank in 2024
- #32down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5,4990.34% of girls
- Peak year
- 200315,932 births
- Best rank
- #4in 2005
- Since 1880
- 408,235people given the name
The story in the numbers
408,235 girls have been named Abigail in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 15,932 births — 0.87% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 8 → 32).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 37%. It has spent 101 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 36 of them in the top 100 and 17 in the top 10.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Abigail | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | |
| 1890s | 128 | |
| 1900s | 136 | |
| 1910s | 270 | |
| 1920s | 322 | |
| 1930s | 365 | |
| 1940s | 647 | |
| 1950s | 1,671 | |
| 1960s | 2,411 | |
| 1970s | 6,704 | |
| 1980s | 20,659 | |
| 1990s | 72,777 | |
| 2000s | 150,923 | |
| 2010s | 118,713 | |
| 2020s | 32,376 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Abigail was the 6th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2003 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Hannah and Olivia. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Abigail
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kyliepeak 2003
- Abigaelpeak 2009
- Ashtynpeak 2003
- Karismapeak 2006
- Lexypeak 2005
- Emileighpeak 2005
- Selinpeak 2006
- Maiyapeak 2000
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.